The weather Saturday in Denver is expected to be sunny, calm and warm — a dramatic contrast to this day from the past two years along the Front Range, the National Weather Service in Boulder reminded folks on Saturday morning.
Temperatures in Denver could reach 86 degrees by the afternoon with some calm mid-day winds, according to weather service officials in Boulder.
One year ago, some residents along the Front Range were waking up to flurries and drizzle with a high temperature of 48 degrees and a low of 33 degrees in Denver.
Two years ago, many in Colorado woke up to that destroyed thousands of homes, damaged hundreds of miles of roadway and took the lives of 10 people.
“September usually is, for the most part, a relatively dry and pleasant month here in Colorado,” said National Weather Service spokesman David Barjenbruch. “But we seem to have had a few extreme events, particularly on this date.”
When the Denver Broncos open the season Sunday at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, it could be a record-breaker. The weather service predicts the temperature to be 92 degrees for the 2:25 p.m. kickoff against the Baltimore Ravens. The record high for a Broncos game in Denver is 91 degrees, which has occurred three times (the last time being Sept. 19, 2010, against Seattle).
Sept. 12 in Denver has a record high of 94 degrees, set in 1911, and Sept. 13 has a record high of 96 degrees in 1990.
On Monday, Barjenbruch said Denver could set a record high for Sept. 14, which is 92 degrees from 1948 being the temperature to beat. Monday’s forecast is mostly sunny with a high near 90 and slight winds out of the southwest.
“We’re probably going to be pretty close to that one,” he said.
As for the rest of the week in Denver, conditions look dry and warm with temperatures hovering mostly in the 80s through Friday and some clouds expected in the evenings.
“It looks like we’re going to see the more pleasant and dry side of the month, although unseasonably warm, through the next week, at least,” Barjenbruch said.
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